Her idea to help the environment started with a group of five women and has grown to become a national project that supports women in the country to improve their skills and income. She is now ...

But within conservative Gambia, the debate also had an unexpected consequence: A new focus on women’s pleasure. Women are buying sex toys for the first time. Men are learning about the ...

Dozens of Gambian women have travelled to Saudi Arabia to work as domestic workers as part of the government's effort to ...

In March 2000, 15-year-old Binta Manneh was eager to test her skills at an out-of-town interschool sports competition. That night, as she stepped out to buy biscuits from a nearby shop, she ...

In an interview with The Point, Banna emphasised the crucial role women play in every sector and the ongoing obstacles they ...

In Senegal and The Gambia, stories of resilience, determination, and hope unfold every day. Women who once had stable lives were forced to flee their homes due to conflict, instability, and ...

One such remarkable woman is Dr Fatou Baldeh, whose unwavering commitment to women’s rights, gender equality, and the fight ...

A leading women's rights campaigner has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she was subjected to female genital mutilation at the age of just seven in her home country of The Gambia. Fatou Baldeh ...

we can create jobs for refugee women and reinvest the earnings to train even more women,” she says. In the Gambia, another set of refugee women is rewriting their destinies. Adama Jarjue, 35, ...